Bush is Sammy's biggest cheerleader:
President Bush sent Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito off to his confirmation hearings Monday with praise, a good-luck handshake and a demand that senators "give this man a fair vote."Yes, because George W. Bush is really the arbiter of intellect and class in America.
Alito, who would be the 110th justice in U.S. history, was facing close questioning by the Judiciary Committee on abortion and other contentious issues. But first, he got some last-minute encouragement from the president over breakfast at the White House.
Speaking to reporters afterward in the Rose Garden, the president called Alito "eminently qualified" and said, "Sam's got the intellect necessary to bring a lot of class to that court.
